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#6BB4E6

#6bb4e6 ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6bb4e6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 70.59% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.48% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 204.39°, with 71.1% saturation and 66.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.4148

Complementary

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #e69d6b

Split complementary

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #e66b77
  3. #e6db6b

Analogous

  1. #6be6db
  2. #6bb4e6
  3. #6b77e6

Triadic

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #e66bb4
  3. #b4e66b

Tetradic

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #9d6be6
  3. #e69d6b
  4. #b4e66b

Square

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #db6be6
  3. #e69d6b
  4. #77e66b

Monochromatic

  1. #1b689d
  2. #2a93db
  3. #6bb4e6
  4. #acd5f1
  5. #eef6fc

Shades

#6bb4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #60a2cf
  3. #5690b8
  4. #4b7ea1
  5. #406c8a
  6. #365a73
  7. #2b485c
  8. #203645
  9. #15242e
  10. #0b1217
  11. #000000

Tints

#6bb4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #7abce9
  3. #89c3eb
  4. #97cbee
  5. #a6d2f0
  6. #b5daf3
  7. #c4e1f5
  8. #d3e9f8
  9. #e1f0fa
  10. #f0f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6bb4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6bb4e6
  2. #6dafdc
  3. #6faad2
  4. #71a4c7
  5. #739fbd
  6. #769ab3
  7. #7895a9
  8. #7a909f
  9. #7c8a94
  10. #7e858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97b0c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb4e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da7e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #16c0c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb4e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81ace5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47bcd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6bb4e6 {
  color: #6bb4e6;
}
Background
.bg-6bb4e6 {
  background-color: #6bb4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6bb4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #6bb4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6bb4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 180 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 71% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6bb4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6bb4e6, #6b77e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6bb4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 180 230 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.62 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.91 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.35 #944b19 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#6bb4e6  rgb(107, 180, 230)  hsl(204, 71%, 66%)  Maya Blue
#e69d6b  rgb(230, 157, 107)  hsl(24, 71%, 66%)  Persian Orange
#e66bb4  rgb(230, 107, 180)  hsl(324, 71%, 66%)  Sky Magenta
#b4e66b  rgb(180, 230, 107)  hsl(84, 71%, 66%)  Inchworm